{"product_id":"swans-swine-and-swindlers-ian-mitroff-9780804771375","title":"Swans, Swine, and Swindlers: Coping with the Growing Threat of Mega-Crises and Mega-Messes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwans, Swine, and Swindlers\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9\/11?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book explores the concept of \"messes.\" A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and\/or wicked problems; their solutions; and our conscious and unconscious assumptions, beliefs, emotions, and values. The roots of messes can be classified as \u003ci\u003eSwans\u003c\/i\u003e (the inability to surface and test false assumptions and mistaken beliefs), \u003ci\u003eSwine\u003c\/i\u003e (the inability to confront and manage greed, hubris, arrogance, and narcissism), and \u003ci\u003eSwindlers\u003c\/i\u003e (the inability to confront, detect, and stop unethical and corrupt behavior). Working systematically with this concept and these classifications, authors Can M. Alpaslan and Ian I. Mitroff reveal that all crises are messes; one must learn to understand and manage them as such.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey then provide tools and frameworks that readers can use to more effectively deal with the crises of today and tomorrow. Drawing on ideas from research areas as diverse as human development, philosophy, rhetoric, psychology, and high reliability organizations, this book aims to be the definitive guide for a new era in crisis management. Therefore, it is a must-have for practitioners, scholars, and students who study and deal in real-life crises. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Mitroff, Can Alpaslan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804771375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804771375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford Business Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.32w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 71","brand":"Ian Mitroff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990370287871,"sku":"9780804771375","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4227451-5cfd-49fb-b62d-2e5934b53c69.jpg?v=1683304286","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swans-swine-and-swindlers-ian-mitroff-9780804771375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}